Hydrological issues associated with the determination of environmental water requirements of ephemeral rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 899-908

  Hughes, Denis A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental flow requirements; Ephemeral rivers; Flow regulation

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 27344440112     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.857     Document Type: Review

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